Example sentences of "decline [prep] the number of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having followed the decline in the number of cases of gonorrhoea into the middle fifties , syphilis , in contrast , has remained at a comparatively low level ever since . |
| 2 | However , White , in this issue , argues that private actions have played an important role in the development of more effective antitrust in the US , and that the recent decline in the number of cases has allayed the fears , expressed in the 1980s , of excessive litigation . |
| 3 | And because of a decline in the number of knights in the English army by 1450 , it was upon those of lower social status that many of these commands devolved . |
| 4 | A sample of thirty Oxfordshire parishes shows a progressive decline in the number of communicants from 911 in 1738 through 896 in 1759 to 682 by 1802 . |
| 5 | Indeed , if anything , there had been a decline in the number of obstacles to building new houses . |
| 6 | Not to exaggerate the cat 's breeding abilities , it must be recorded that from the age of eight until twelve years there is a gradual decline in the number of kittens produced in each litter , so the reproductive apparatus is beginning to show signs of slowing down at this stage , and only the strongest and healthiest of moggies can stay the full course . |
| 7 | The Minister will probably claim that the decline in the number of smokers is greater in this country than it is in Italy and in France . |
| 8 | These figures represent an increase in the number of girls on such courses , but a decline in the number of boys , in recent years . |
| 9 | Two things caused a gradual decline in the number of Rottweilers . |
| 10 | This produced a spectacular decline in the number of birds successfully reared and eventually in the total population of adult birds . |
| 11 | The large decline in the number of births in Britain between 1964 and 1976 led , in turn , to a decline in the number of school age children . |
| 12 | It was this that first prompted the forecasts that there would be a dramatic decline in demand for HE as a result of the decline in the number of births between 1965 and 1976 . |
| 13 | There has been some decline in the number of claims , but the cost of claims continues to escalate . |
| 14 | This may reflect either the decreased mobility of older people or a decline in the number of friends and/or family available for visiting . |
| 15 | Constraints upon historians tightened , one symptom of this being a sharp decline in the number of scholars entering the profession and in the output of new books and articles on the revolution in the early 1980s . |
| 16 | THE study was commissioned following research in other parts of the country which had shown a marked decline in the number of ponds remaining in these areas . |
| 17 | An encouraging feature of these statistics however , is that the decline in the number of Fellows and Associates was smaller than that of ordinary members , showing that the qualifications are still highly prized . |
| 18 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Volmac Software Groep NV , 58%-owned by Cap Gemini Sogeti SA , which reported a 37.8% decline in 1992 net profits , said that in view of uncertain market conditions it could make no forecast for 1993 ; the net profit was depressed by extraordinary charges from the integration of Volmac and Cap Gemini 's Benelux operations ; the 7.4% fall in turnover exceeded the 6.1% decline in the number of employees ; the results were still better than expected and the shares jumped 19% on the Amsterdam stock exchange . |
| 19 | The decline in the number of growers and shows coincided with the growth of power-driven looms . |
| 20 | This decision in ex parte Swati was almost certainly the reason for a sharp decline in the number of applications for judicial review from immigrants in 1986 . |
| 21 | This has meant a decline in the number of applications for admission to the Home in recent years , and with the certain reduction in the numbers at the Home in the future by death , it was obvious that the Home — to use a common words these days — was no longer " viable " . |
| 22 | Basically there 's a decline in the number of children during this period , people under the age of sixteen , by around about eleven percent . |